Hello Everyone, I am glad that the issue of idling vehicles has come up on the list serve.
I hope that a solution can be found to help the Kemps plant on West Broadway to work through any potential problems that might come out of the new Anti-Idling ordinance. It is important for all of us- businesses, residents and the City as a whole to minimize idling vehicles as much as possible. Last week with our three bad air days in a row, the PCA recommended that everyone minimize unnecessary idling see- http://aqi.pca.state.mn.us/hourly/ . Our 2 year-old daughter could not play outside for 3 days because of the air quality alerts. I turn my car off at every red light. Staff from the City of Minneapolis Public Works and the Minneapolis Park Board also working to stop all unnecessary idling this year. Xcel Energy has instituted an idling ban for all of their vehicles. The Minneapolis Schools have a policy to reduce school bus idling- very important for protecting children from diesel fumes. Students are still working to ensure that this policy is being implemented see http://northstar.sierraclub.org/schoolbus/index.htm and http://southhighsucks.com/dieselfumes.html . In addition to reducing idling we can all switch our vehicles to drive on cleaner fuels. For example I buy Blue Planet gas www.blueplanetgas.com , which reduces air emissions by 20% Other cleaner burning fuels are listed on Clean Air Minnesota's web site http://www.mn-ei.org/air/index.html . Let's also help make less-polluting hybrid electric cars more accessible in MN by supporting the bills to be introduced by Scott Dibble and Frank Hornstein to reduce the cost barriers people face to purchase hybrid electric cars http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5222114.html Sean Gosiewski, Corcoran Neighborhood [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
